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| 1 | 1 | 81R3549 KLA-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Thompson H.B. No. 1488 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the summoning of jurors to justice of the peace courts | |
| 8 | 8 | in certain counties. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 62.412, Government Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a-1) A county described by Subsection (a) with a population | |
| 13 | 13 | of 3.3 million or more may also summon a prospective juror to report | |
| 14 | 14 | directly to a justice court in the precinct adjacent to the precinct | |
| 15 | 15 | in which that person resides. | |
| 16 | 16 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 17 | 17 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 18 | 18 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 19 | 19 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 20 | 20 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |